Gearing device and support therefor.



J. R. TIBBLES & T. S. KILGORE.

GEARING DEVICE AND SUPPORT THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1915.

3 SHEETSSHEET COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH C0,, WASHINGTON, D. c:

,, Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

J. R. TIBBLES dl-T- S. KILGORE.

GEARING DEVICE AND SUPPORT THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1915- Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPN C01. WASHINGTON, D. c.

J. R. TIBBLES & T. S. KILGORE.

GEARING DEVlCE AND SUPPORT THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1915.

Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

COLUMBIA FLANOGRAPH co WASHINGTON. D c.

@ATEE@ lib [Y JUDSON R. TIBBLES, 0F MACEDONIA, AND THAI) S. KILGOR-E, 011 SILVER- GITY, IOWA.

GEAR-ING DEVICE AND SUPPORT THEREFOR.

Application filed May 18, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JUDSON R. TIBB ns and THAI) S. Kimono, citizens of the United States, and residents of Macedonia, Pottawattamie county, Iowa, and Silver City, county of Mills, Iowa, respectively, have invented a certain new and useful Gearing Device and Support Therefor, of which the following is a specification.

Our object is to provide a -source of power adapted to be used on machines such as binders and other farm machinery, and to provide gear devices therefor, and a support for said "ea-ring devices, adapted to be mounted on said machine as an attachment thereto, and for gearing said source of power to the controlling mechanism on the binder or other machine.

A further object is to provide such a device as hereinbefore mentioned, so constructed and arranged as to be mounted upon machines differing somewhat in shape, size and construction.

Still a further object is to provide such a device adapted to be so mounted as to somewhat distribute the weight of the mechanism so as to interfere as little as possible with the balance of the machine on which our device is mounted.

Still a further object is to provide such a device which requires a minimum amount of change in the ordinary working mechanism of the machine on which our device is mounted in order to install our device and to operate the mechanism of the machine by means of our device.

Our invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in our claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a top or plan View of a binder equipped with our improved gearing device and supporting frame, only a portion of the binder being illustrated. Fig. 2 shows a side elevation of a portion of the binder 'having our improved device installed thereon. Fig. 3 shows a rear elevation of a binder equipped with our improved gearing device, a frame, and an engine. Fig. 4 shows a detail sectional view of a portion of the gearing device and supporting frame, and Fig.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

Serial No. 28,969.

5 shows a detail view of part of the clutch controlling mechanism.

In the exemplification of our invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings, we have used the reference character 10 to indicate generally the frame of an ordinary farm binder, mounted on the larger traction wheel 11, and the smaller wheel 12 at the end of the platform.

It is well known that grain binders and numerous other machines used in agriculture are ordinarily operated by draft animals, and require a comparatively large number of animals, for the reason that the animals must not only draw the machine across the field, but must also furnish the power for operating the mechanism of the binder or the like.

It is our purpose to provide a mechanism which will take off the draft animals the operation of the mechanism, by furnishing a suitable detachable frame which may be mounted on the binder or other machine, and is adapted to support an engine or the like, and to be operatively connected with the mechanism of the binder or other machine.

In all of the ordinary binders there is a shaft 13, which may be called the master shaft, from which the sickle, reel, endless carriers, tying mechanism, etc., are operated. The shaft 13 is operated from the large traction wheels 11 by suitable mechanism which is of ordinary construction and forms no part of our present invention, and is therefore no more illustrated.

Our improvement comprises a frame having the longitudinal members 14 and 15 arranged in spaced parallel relation and connected at their rear ends by the transverse member 16. Bolted to the forward ends of the frame members 14 and 15 are frame members 17 and 18. The members 14,15,17 and 18 are preferablv tubular and angular in cross section. The members 17 and 18 are telescopically mounted in the ends of the members 1 1 and 15. The frame members 14 and 15 are provided with a plurality of openings 19 to selectively receive the bolts 19 for securing the members 14 and 15 to the members 17 and 18 respectively, in a variety of positions, so that the size of the frame formed by the members 1 1, and 15, 17 and 18 may be varied as desired.

The detachable frame heretofore deand 15, as clearly illustrated in i.

gment-m w scribed is suitably mounted on the binder frame by means of brackets or supporting members 20 and 21, and a removable bolt 22. In this connection it should be understood that the shape of the brackets or supporting members 20 and 21 may be easily varied in form for mounting the detachable frame or support on the permanent frame of the binder on any ordinary farm machine, and by varying the shape of the detachable support and frame, it may be adjusted for use on different machines.

Secured to the frame member 1% and 15 is a transverse frame member 23, spaced from the rear ends of the frame members 1% Detachably mounted on the rear portion of the supporting frame, by means of other similar bolts 22, is an engine base or platform, 24:, on which is mounted a suitable source of power, such as the engine 25, having the shaft 26 on which is the power 27.

, Mounted in suitable bearings on the engine base near the engine 25 is a countershaft 28, on which is apulley 29, and a fly wheel 29. The pulleys 27 and 29 are cperatively connected by means of a belt 30. The frame members 1% and 15 are provided with a plurality of openings 1% adapted to receive bolts 22. Bearings 31 are detachably mounted on the frame members 14: and 15 respectively in alinement with each other by means of the bolts 22'mounted in the openings 14:

Rotatably mounted in the bearings 31 is a transverse shaft 32 on one end of which is a sprocket gear 32 in line with a sprocket gear 28 on the shaft 28. The sprocket gears 28 and are operatively connected by means ofa sprocket chain 33. The

vsprocket gears just mentioned are preferably near the belt pulley 29. On the shaft 32 preferably opposite the end which carries the sprocket gear 32 is a bevel gear 34.

Detachably and adjustably mounted on the frame member 1 1 is a bearing 35 mounted similarly tothe bearings 31. Mounted in the bearing 35 is a hollow tubular shaft 36 arranged at right angles to the shaft 32, and carrying a beveled gear 37, in mesh with the beveled gear 34. Telescopically mounted in the opposite end of the shaft 36 is a shaft 38, the forward end of which is mounted in a bearing 39, detachably mounted on the frame member 17. Formed in the shaft 36 is an elongated slot 40. Received in the slot 10 and screwed into the shaft 38 is a pin 41, which extends outwardly from the shaft 36 and receives a nut 42 for looking the shafts 36 and 38 together in any position of their longitudinal adjustment. The forward ends of the frame members 17 and 18 are connected by a transverse frame member 43, which is bolted to said longitudinal frame members. Mounted in the permanent frame of the machine.

the adjustable frame.

bearings 4-1 on the frame members are two transverse shafts 4-5 and &6, arranged in alinement with each other. On the shaft- 4-5 is a beveled gear i7 in mesh with a beveled gear i8 on the shaft 38.

Mounted in a bearing 35 adjustably mounted on the frame member 15 is a tubular shaft 36, similar to the shaft 36 and provided with a similar elongated slot 40. Telescopically mounted in the forward end of the shaft 36 is a shaft 38 having the pin 41* which receives the nut 42. The forward end of the shaft 38 is mounted in a bearing 39 detachably mounted on the frame member 18. On the forward end of the shaft 38 is a beveled gear -18 in mesh with the beveled gear -17 on the shaft 46.

On the adjacent ends of the shafts and 46 are clutch members 50 and 57. The clutch member 57 is slidably but non-rotatably mounted on a shaft 46. The clutch member 56 is fixed on the shaft 1 5. A bell crank lever 58 is centrally pivoted on the frame member d3. One end of the bell crank lever 58 is operatively connected with a link 59 extending rearwardly through the machine. The rear end of the link 59 is pivoted to a lever 60 having a spring actuated pawl adapted to coact with the sector 62. The other end of the bell crank lever 58 is pivoted to a link 63 which is operatively connected with the slidable clutch 57.

Adjustably mounted in bearings 4:9 on the frame members 1 1 and 15 is a transverse shaft 50. On the transverse shaft 50 is a beveled gear 51 in mesh with a beveled gear 52 on the shaft 36 On the shafts l3 and 50 are sprocket gears 53 and 5%, arranged in alinement with each other and operatively connected by a chain 55.

In the practical installation of our i1nproved gearing device and supporting frame therefor, the frame members 1t and 15, and 17 and 18 and the members 20 and 21 are adjusted to fit the frame of the machine on which our device is to be installed. The adjustable frame is then mounted on a The engine is then mounted upon the engine platform and the shafts may be mounted on The shaft 50 may be properly, operatively connected with the shaft 13 by putting the proper number of links in the chain 55. WVhen our device is installed on the machine, the ordinary mechanism whereby the wheel 11 is operatively connected with the shaft 13 may be removed.

In the practical operation of a binder equipped with our improved gearing device and support therefor, the binder may be drawn by horses in the ordinary way and the operative mechanism may be run from the engine 25. It will readily be seen that the positions of the shaft 32 may be varied as desired. The chains 33 and 55 may be jiI;

1,16%,683 Mill lengthened by changing the number of links therein to suit the positions of the shafts.

It will readily be seen that our improved gearing device and support therefor may be adapted to fit a large number of machines by a simple adjustment of the parts. By mounting part of the gearing mechanism at the front of the binder as shown by shifting the positions of the shafts 32 and 50, the balance of the machine will not be materially interfered with when our improved gearing device is installed on the machine. It will therefore appear that the use of our improvement will not put a greater strain on the necks of the draft animals nor will it interfere with the machine on the ordinary truck.

It will be understood that some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of our device without departing from its essential features and it is our intention to cover by this application any such changes which may be included within the scope of our claims.

We claim as our invention- 1. A device of the class described comprising a frame capable of longitudinal adjustment, a suitable source of power mounted thereon, a plurality of gearing devices mounted on said frame operatively connected with said source of power, and means for adjusting the position of said gearing devices for varying the center of gravity of said gearing devices and said frame.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a machine adapted to be drawn over the ground by draft animals and having operative mechanism, with an adjustable frame, a suitable source of power mounted on said frame, gearing devices mounted on said frame operatively connected with said source of power, means for connecting said gearing devices with the operative mechanism of said machine, said frame being adjustable to fit said machine.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a machine adapted to be drawn over the ground by draft animals and having operative mechanism, with an adjustable frame, a suitable source of power mounted on said frame, gearing devices mounted on said frame operatively connect ed with said source of power, means for connecting said gearing devices with the operative mechanism of said machine, said frame and gearing devices being adjustable for varying the center of gravity thereof.

4. The combination of a frame, an operative mechanism mounted thereon, an adjustable frame comprising longitudinal members, connecting transverse members secured to the said longitudinal members, longitudinal members slidably mounted with relation to said first named longitudinal members, a transverse member for detachably connecting said second described longitudinal members, a supporting frame on said adjustable frame, a source of power on said supporting frame, a shaft mounted transversely on said first described longitudinal frame members, means for transmitting power from said source of power to said shaft, a second shaft adjustably mounted on said first longitudinal members, means for transmitting power from said first shaft to said second shaft, gearing devices adjustably mounted on one of said first described longitudinal members, gearing devices adjustably mounted on the second of said first longitudinal members and the second of said second longitudinal members, gearing devices mounted on said last described transverse frame members, and operatively connected with both of said first described gearing devices, said last described gearing devices including a clutch whereby the first two described gearing devices may be thrown into or out of operative relation with each other and adjustable means whereby said second described gearing device may be operatively connected with the operative mechanism on said first frame. A

Des Moines, Iowa, April 9, 1915.

JUDSON R. TIBBLES. THAD S. KILGORE. Witnesses:

OSCAR HUG, H. K. DYE.

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